Posts by Liam Redmond
Bloomberg terminal back up after outage affects European bond sales
The UK government debt sale has now gone ahead, although the auction deadline was delayed Published Wed, May 21, 2025 · 05:57 PM — Updated Wed, May 21, 2025 · 07:10 PM [LONDON] News and data company Bloomberg said its systems were returning to normal on Wednesday (May 21) after a brief disruption earlier in…
Read MoreRapper Kid Cudi, Cassie Ventura’s ex, set to testify at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sex trafficking trial
Rapper and actor Kid Cudi is expected to testify at the Sean “Diddy” Combs sex trafficking trial, taking the witness stand either Wednesday or Thursday to tell the jury about his brief relationship 14 years ago with Combs ex-girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie. Cassie testified last week that Combs was enraged when she left him for a period…
Read MoreShould SingPost divest its headquarters building?
[SINGAPORE] The share price of Singapore Post (SingPost) said it all about investors’ attitude towards the national postal service provider’s latest set of financial results. The share price tanked 12 per cent on May 15 despite SingPost proposing a dividend of S$0.09 a share for FY2025 ended March, with the payout from the gain from…
Read MoreTime’s not ripe for SingPost to sell its flagship building
[SINGAPORE] The share price of Singapore Post (SingPost) said it all about investors’ attitude towards the national postal service provider’s latest set of financial results. The share price tanked 12 per cent on May 15 despite SingPost proposing a dividend of S$0.09 a share for FY2025 ended March, with the payout from the gain from…
Read MoreViolet Affleck details emotional argument with ‘shell-shocked’ mom Jennifer Garner: ‘Astonished’
Violet Affleck has detailed a fiery argument she had with Jennifer Garner in a hotel room over the catastrophic LA wildfires. GC Images Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner’s eldest daughter, Violet, has detailed a fiery argument she had with her mom in a hotel room over the catastrophic LA wildfires in a candid essay for…
Read MoreYoma Strategic’s H2 profit falls 12.4% to US$18.3 million
[SINGAPORE] Yoma Strategic Holdings posted a 12.4 per cent decline in net profit for the second half-year ended Mar 31 to US$18.3 million, from US$20.9 million in the same period last year. This was mainly due to lower net fair value gains recorded on its investment properties in Myanmar, the conglomerate said in a regulatory…
Read MoreJulius Baer faces US$156 million loan loss charge
[ZURICH] Julius Baer Group said it’s booking another large loss from property developments it helped finance, just as the Swiss wealth manager is emerging from a crisis triggered by its exposure to Rene Benko’s Signa real estate empire. The Zurich-based bank disclosed late Tuesday (May 20) that it’s taking a loan-loss charge of US$156 million…
Read MoreSuicide car bomber strikes a school bus in southwestern Pakistan, killing 4 children, officials say
A suicide car bomber struck a school bus in southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing five people — including at least three children — and wounding 38 others, officials said. It was the latest attack in the tense Balochistan province. The province has been the scene of a long-running insurgency, with an array of separatist groups staging attacks,…
Read MoreSingapore’s ultra-rich among wealthy Asians snapping up property in Dubai
[SINGAPORE] Property cooling measures may have dampened housing demand here, but Singapore’s ultra-rich are among high net-worth individuals (HNWI) around the world that are flooding into Dubai. In the first quarter alone, the United Arab Emirates’ most populous city saw the sale of 111 residential properties valued at over US$10 million each. This comes…
Read MoreAccenture to promote 50,000 staff after six-month delay
The move comes as the New York-listed company grapples with a pullback in client spending and greater scrutiny of US government contracts under US President Donald Trump Published Wed, May 21, 2025 · 02:10 PM [MUMBAI] Accenture will promote almost 50,000 people worldwide in June as the company tries to boost morale after a six-month…
Read MoreDropout Kings lead singer Adam Ramey dead by suicide at 31 — days before his birthday
Adam Ramey, the main vocalist and founding member of Dropout Kings, died after a “long and painful battle with addiction” on Monday. He was 31 years old. Ramey committed suicide just five days before he was set to celebrate his 32nd birthday, according to a GoFundMe page set up by Ramey’s sister-in-law. “Adam wasn’t just…
Read MoreChina threatens enforcers of US’s Huawei curbs with legal action
Published Wed, May 21, 2025 · 12:56 PM CHINA said it could take legal action against anyone enforcing US restrictions on using Huawei Technologies’ artificial intelligence (AI) chips, escalating a dispute that’s upset a tentative truce on tariffs. “China believes that the US abuses export controls to contain and suppress China, which violates international law…
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